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Friday, August 16, 2013

Sepia Saturday: Eat - Pray - Love

Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to
share family history through old photographs.

This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt is a group of women in
hats enjoying a picnic. Dining in the
great outdoors was a long-standing tradition among the Jolletts when they all
gathered in Harriston, Virginia for the annual reunion.

I don’t know when the reunions began or exactly when they
stopped, but photos of the event are dated as early as 1919.

Family reunions - you can't beat them, and you can bet someone's not happy with the photographer for some reason. How fortunate though that there was one amongst them with the foresight to record family prayers for posterity.

We have a big family reunion every summer & food is a huge part of it but I think that's probably true of most reunions. My sister used to try to organize the food people brought but I finally convinced her to just let it be. Who cared if everyone brought salads or meat dishes or whatever? We went to a potluck once where everyone brought dessert. Do you think anyone complained? Boy, was that a yummy meal!

Family reunions are harder these days, as families have scattered far and wide over the globe. Reunions get so expensive to attend - my own immediate family is spread over several continents. Here in New Zealand, people seem to move house particularly frequently, whether for work or whim.

My husband's family is big on reunions, but the annual event is definitely dying as the younger generation has no interest, probably because they don't really know their distant cousins. I imagine each family unit will one day develop their own reunions among siblings and their families. I hope so.

Those tables laden with food reminded me that I too went to a reunion last month --- and there were table after table with chicken, potato salad, coleslaw, German dishes for which I dinna know the name, bean, lasagne, Asian noodles, vegan casseroles, pies, cakes, cookies, strudels, and beer and beer and beer. Haven't been to one of those in ages. what fun -- just like your photos.

What a fantastic collection of family photos. I don;t think we have any photos that span more than two generations. I am going to have to do a detailed search. I need a feast like the ones in you photos to sustain me when I do.

I'm getting around to see other posts so late this week and now so late at night. That table of food has me very very hungry. I don't know what's on that table, but I know it's homemade and hopefully something each cook was known for. Let's hope they were thanked for all their hard work.

Those were great sepia photos. And perfectly fit the theme! I love to see 4 generation photos. I have some of my family. At one point there were 5 generations but everyone wasn't near enough to take a picture.Barbara

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My name is Wendy. About twenty years ago, I helped my mother research the Jolletts. Since retiring from teaching, I have expanded my research which I share here. When I’m not looking for my own family, I index for FamilySearch and the Greene County Historical Society.
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